JUNIOR NEWS
Hannah Thompson of Walkersville, Maryland named 1st National Red & White Queen! - 1st Runner Up - Abbi Lea Goldenberg of McGregor, Texas. Congratulations!

• Membership Application
• Junior Show Rules
• Scholarships - Deadline June 1st 
• Essay Contest - Deadline June 1st
• National Red & White Queen Contest - Deadline June 1st - Application (word document also available contact rwdcastephanie@gmail.com)
• Lease Program - Deadline July 1st
• Junior All-American Contest Entry Form - Deadline November 30th
• RWDCA Internship Program - Deadline December 1st

Three $1000 Albrecht Scholarships Available for Youth

There will be three $1000 Albrecht Scholarships awarded at the National Convention. These scholarships will be awarded for higher education. The recipient need not be present to receive the award. Funds available through National Red & White Scholarship, Inc.

1. Any graduating high school senior or any undergraduate college student
2. Applicant or applicant's parents must be members of the RWDCA for at least three years
3. Individual may apply each year he/she is eligible, unless he/she has already received $1000 scholarship
4. Applicants must be from the U.S. or Canada

Some of the criteria used for awarding scholarships will be: financial need, community activity, Red & White activities and academic achievement. The recipients will be selected by a panel of independent judges.

For more information or an application, contact the RWDCA office at 608-676-4900 or email rwdcanicole@gmail.com. RWDCA, 308B Ogden Ave., Clinton, WI 53525

Postmark Deadline, June 1 each year - Applications Available from RWDCA office.
 

PRIZES

1st place $75
2nd place $50
3rd place $25

AGE CATEGORIES & ESSAY LENGTH

Ages 8-12: 250-500 words
Ages 13-16: 500-750 words
Ages 17-21: 500-1,000 words

TOPICS: (choose one)

To be announced in the April issue of The Red Bloodlines

RULES:

• Contestants must be a Junior member of RWDCA.
• Essay must be original and written by the Junior member.
• Entries must be accompanied by a cover page that includes: a current picture of the Junior member, age, address, phone number and email address if available.
• Previous essay contest winners are eligible to compete again…with a new essay!

DEADLINE

Essays must be mailed to the RWDCA 308B Ogden Ave., Clinton, WI 53525 or emailed to rwdcastephanie@gmail.com by JUNE 1st.

1. The Junior Red & White Show will be held at the same time as the open show. Juniors will be recognized, placed and presented awards by stepping forward in their respective open show class.
2. Exhibitors may participate after they reach nine years of age and until December 31 of the year in which he or she turns 21 years of age.
3. All animals must be true RED in color and must be registered in the Red & White Dairy Association. All animals must be owned by or leased to juniors by July 1st of current year. Registry and/or transfer and/or lease papers must be received by RWDCA office by July 15th of current year. With the exception of animals purchased by, transferred to or leased to a junior at the RWDCA Convention Sale.
4. Two or more juniors may own an animal. One junior must be on the halter to receive junior recognition. The animal must stay in the same partnership throughout the show season. Awards will be presented as one unit, to all owners equally.
5. Entries must be shown by the junior owner in all cases, except by prior written approval. A written statement must be hand delivered to the Red & White Show Superintendent by 5 p.m. the day before the show for the final approval by the RWDCA. Included in statement - Name and age of owner, cell phone number of a contact person, class of animal, name and age of alternate leadsperson, and reason owner needs an alternate leadsperson. If approved, the alternate must be the same age or younger than the Junior owner. Alternates must also be a RWDCA Junior member. Adults are not allowed to show, in any case.*With guidance from the Board of Directors, we still must be strict on reasons for substitutions. -Person is on the fairgrounds and/or event and is physically impossible to be at the halter of the animal. -The junior has two animals in the class.
6. Dress code will be strictly enforced for juniors. White pants with an official show shirt must be worn or the junior will not be allowed to show (World Dairy Expo-Madison, WI & Premier National Junior Show-Harrisburg, PA).
7. Junior show classes consist of all female classes except Best Uddered of Show. There will be no junior show classes for bulls or group classes except Junior State Herd.
8. Bred & Owned: To be eligible for junior bred & owned, the name(s) listed as the breeder and owner on the Red & White Registration Certificate must be the same. Adult-Junior partnerships are not acceptable. Partnerships must be both Junior members and both must be listed as breeder and owner on the registration paper.

• Junior Show Alternate Leadsperson Request Form